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Around 30% of the law enforcement officers assaulted in 2020 sustained injuries, the FBI said. (CNN)More than 60,000 law enforcement officers were assaulted in the line of duty last year, up 7.2% from 2019, according to a report released Monday by the FBI. In a separate report in May, the agency reported that 93 officers were killed in the line of duty last year, including 46 deaths due to fe...

Photo by Russell Cothren Margaret Sova McCabe, who has been the dean of the School of Law since 2018, will step down at the end of the 2021-22 academic year while continuing her teaching and research interests at the U of A. Margaret Sova McCabe will step down from her position as dean of the School of Law effective June 30, 2022, while continuing to serve on faculty as professor of law. An i...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Republican lawmakers in Tennessee blocked a policy to ease up on low-level marijuana cases, Nashville’s top prosecutor decided on a workaround: He just didn’t charge anyone with the crime. Meanwhile, in Georgia, the Gwinnett County solicitor vowed not to punish anyone for the crime of distributing food or water to voters in line. Tampa’s chief prosecutor says a la...

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk speaks in Nashville, Tenn. Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won't enforce some GOP-backed state laws, a strategy at work in response to some of the most controversial new changes in recent years. Funk has made a habit of resisting GOP-passed laws. He says enforcing t...

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk speaks in Nashville, Tenn. Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won't enforce some GOP-backed state laws, a strategy at work in response to some of the most controversial new changes in recent years. Funk has made a habit of resisting GOP-passed laws. He says enforcing t...

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk speaks in Nashville, Tenn. Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won't enforce some GOP-backed state laws, a strategy at work in response to some of the most controversial new changes in recent years. Funk has made a habit of resisting GOP-passed laws. He says enforcing t...

File photograph. (Image licensed by Ingram Image.) A bill to end the shaming of students without lunch money, championed by Haverhill Rep. Andy X. Vargas, was signed into law last week by Gov. Charlie Baker. As WHAV reported in August, Vargas hailed the bill that would prohibit schools from publicly identifying students who owe meals, serving an alternative meal, denying a student a meal as a...

An investigative report by the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) concludes that Hmong College Prep Academy (HCPA) didn't follow Minnesota law or its own policies when it made a risky investment in 2019. The $5 million investment wasn't allowed under state law, and the school now can't account for the whereabouts of $4.3 million in public funds. Julie Blaha, the state auditor, told 5 INVESTIGA...

Madelyn Kumar, Contributing Photographer Damian Williams LAW ’07 was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, becoming the first Black man to hold the role. On Oct. 10, Williams assumed the role. He is the first African American to hold the position in the 232-year history of the Southern District of New York, which is the federal district court for New York State....

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